Tom Daley defies tricep injury to qualify for place in final of diving World Championships in Barcelona

Tom Daley pushed through the pain barrier after a tricep injury in training
saw him have constant medical attention today as he reached the 10 metre
platform final at the World Championships in Barcelona.

Defying the pain: Tom Daley has qualified for the finalPhoto: GETTY IMAGES

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Daley said: "I want to compete full stop. If I am in pain, I am in pain.

"If my arm falls off, my arm falls off. I've had enough of being out of the pool now and I want to get back in and see what happens."

It was another setback in a year disrupted by shoulder and elbow injuries which have restricted training and competition and led coach Andy Banks to describe it as "a season from hell".

&lt;noframe&gt;Twitter: Tom Daley - Rough ride through my prelim and semi final but made it to the final tomorrow :) lets hope my tricep recovers! Or it's gonna be a sore one!&lt;/noframe&gt;

Daley was second at the halfway stage before he faltered with his next two dives, leaving him 11th with one round to go.

However, the Olympic bronze medallist nailed his reverse three and a half somersault tucked, securing two perfect 10s, to end seventh with 452.70 points.

Daley said: "A few days ago I hit the water - it was a good dive - and my arm kind of buckled and collapsed a little bit.

"I thought it was a little bit weird.

"It wasn't sore at the time but the next day it reacted and was a little bit sore yesterday.

"I was like 'oh no, great timing'. This morning I woke up and it was pretty sore and the more dives I've done on 10 metre the more sore it has got.

"My medical team have been really good: after every dive compressing it, trying to reduce the swelling and all the medication trying to get me through the competition without too much pain.

"It has been tough and the preparation I've had leading in to this competition hasn't been ideal either, it's been one thing after another.

"Pretty happy to have been able to make a world final because if you had told me four weeks ago I was even going to compete at the World Championships I would have said it was going to be a miracle."

He added: "I had to tell myself there was no pain there - especially when I open up with the armstand because that is the most painful one to do because I can't actually straighten my arm at the moment because it's that sore.